palpus
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The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Terminal joint of each palpus less than a third as long as the middle joint.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock
